Improvement in bustles



A. CARTER.

BUSTLE.

Patented May 1876.

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UNITED S'I'A'rEs PrurErrr @EF1-UEo ALBERTCARTER, OFl BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

i IMPROVEMENT lN BUSTLES.

Specieation forming part of Letters Patent No. 176,771, dated May 2,1876; application led April 3, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT CARTER, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kingsand State of New York, have invented an Improvement in Bustles, of whichthe following is a specili- I cation the bustle, and are gatheredtogether and attached to a waistband. By this construction the parts areall held together, but greatelastcity is obtained, and the bustle isvery light.

In the drawing, Figure l is a plan of the said bustle, and Fig. 2 is across-section of the same.

The loops or nodes a are made by Winding the wire around aforin+that is,an open frame--of spring-Wire sufficiently rigid for the purpose. `Theends of the wire are bent back, as at c c, and a cord, d, wound at theone side of the coil while in its cylindrical form. The ends of the cordare secured by a spangle at c, or otherwise, and the hooks h areintroduced at the ends of the coil through the loop of cord. The form isthen drawn out of the coil of wire, and the wire as it springs out uponclearing the form, twists the cords d tightly, holding the loops of Wireas they stand out from the cord in the form of nodes, and the loops runfrom one end of the cord d to the other, and pass oftl successively in aspiral position, so as to form an open elastic body for the bustle. Thisfeature alone I do not claim, but where no other device is used theloops of wire become misplaced, and the body looses lits proper shape. Iprevent this by the longitudinal wires or springs m that run through therespective ranges of loops, and are gathered together at the ends of thebustle and held by the clasps o, so that the bustle assumes a taperingform from the middle toward the ends, and there is a tape or strap, h',from each hook h to the clasps o, so as to apply the required tensionupon the cord d to keep itin position. The waistband 1^ is attached tothe ends of the bustle, and serves to hold the sanne in position on theperson, and there is a cord, s, from the waistband to -the center of thebustle to draw the bustle nearer to the person, if desired.'

I claim as my invention- The combination, with the nodes or loops ofwire a, and the twisted central cord d, of the wires or springs m thatpass through the loops and are united together at the ends ot' thebustle, substantially as set forth.

Signed by ine this 28th day of March, A. D. 1876.

ALBERT CARTER.

Witnesses GEO. T. PINoKNEY, CEAS. H. SMITH.

